My Roman Empire: The Boring Billion. For over a billion years, Earth was just… microbes. Then suddenly eyes, shells, nervous systems. Scientists think it wasn’t biology that triggered the explosion—it was geology. Tectonic plates restarted, mountains rose, nutrients flooded the oceans, and life went absolutely wild. What if planets don’t just host evolution, they DRIVE it?
Further reading & sources:
“After the boring billion and before the freezing millions: evolutionary patterns and innovations in the Tonian Period” Xiao and Tang
“The geologic history of primary productivity” Crockford, et al.
“The Boring Billion, a slingshot for Complex Life on Earth” Mukherjee, et al.
“Boring billion no more: research redefines geological history” Adelaide University Newsroom
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